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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Benefits Service Manager to join a fantastic parent-carer-led charity based in West Sussex.
Salary: £28,000 pa pro-rata (actual £22,400 pa)
Working Hours: 28 hours per week (including occasional evenings)
Location: Home based (with occasional travel for meetings in West Sussex)
As Benefits Service Manager you will be responsible for delivery of information, advice and guidance on Carers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to parent-carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in West Sussex.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing 1-2-1 advice and guidance to parent-carers making applications for Carers Allowance, DLA and PIP
- Advising and supporting parent-carers in preparing for appeals and tribunals including attendance and representation at tribunals
- Delivering training to parent-carers on making claims for DLA and PIP
- Line managing, training and supporting the Benefits Service Support Worker and Administrator
- Working with the Information Officer on the research, writing and editing of a new Benefits Toolkit
- Carrying out regular monitoring and evaluation and provide written progress reports on service delivery for the Director, Trustees and Funders
- Assisting the Director in making funding applications to ensure the ongoing sustainability and development of the service
The successful candidate will have proven experience of providing welfare and benefits advice preferably gained with either children or adults with disabilities and will have an in-depth knowledge of Carers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP). You will be a creative and strategic thinker, highly motivated and passionate about improving the life chances of children with SEND and their parents/carers, and families.
If this sounds like you, please do get in touch for more information!
Please note, applications are being considered on a rolling basis and only successful candidates will be contacted with further information.
Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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Company Description
At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career.
Catch22 delivers high quality and responsive employability programmes relevant to the needs and aspirations of learners and job seekers as well as the needs of employers and the economy, today and in the future.
The Social Switch Project
The Social Switch project is an exciting and innovative partnership between Redthread, Catch22, and VRU (Violence Reduction Unit), which aims to deal with the opportunities, and the challenges, of how young and at-risk people use social media.
Strand 1 will deliver accredited training each year to a minimum of 375 London based frontline practitioners and trusted adults (Teachers, Youth Workers, Parents, Carers, Police). This will focus on understanding the challenges and opportunities of the online space, and supporting young people to be better equipped and educated, for a safer online journey.
Strand 2 will support a minimum of 358 young people aged 16-30 each year, who may be at risk of, or have experienced, serious violence, exploitation, and/or grooming. The project equips young people with the skills and personalised mentorship needed to gain sustainable careers in the digital and surrounding sectors, whilst also offering interventions for young women and girls, focusing on how they can protect themselves from online abuse and exploitation, and how to recognise and report it.
Job Description
About the role
Social Switch Project Practitioner Training
The Social Switch Project has developed a full day digital youth work training programme, for front-line professionals, who are working with young people in a range of capacities, in London. The training is a free one-day interactive course, and refresher training, which will give professionals the confidence to deal with the challenges, and the opportunities, of social media.
Predominantly working on Strand 1, you will be responsible for the facilitation of this training, to a maximum of 30 professionals over the course of a full day, with multiple training events taking place throughout the year.
You will also lead on delivery for Strand 2, in supporting the development of young people's key employment skills. This training has been designed in partnership with young people who have lived experience of the topic, and so part of your role will be to incorporate them into the training, and support them to make a valuable contribution to the session.
About you
Knowledgeable of the social media, gaming, and online space, from the perspective of young people and children's safeguarding.
Experienced in designing and delivery training for professionals, with the ability to engage targeted statutory and community groups, and driven to achieve high NPS with training delivery.
High quality data input skills, with the ability to remain data compliant.
Committed to ED&I, and experienced in Safeguarding.
Main Duties and Accountabilities
Delivering high quality, engaging, presentations and training sessions to London based professionals who are working with young people in the youth sector, and delivering workshops and sessions so small cohorts of young people who are engaging in the Strand 2 element of Social Switch.
Maintaining relationships with existing and new relationships with key stakeholders and youth organisations to maximise engagement in future delivery, and ensuring that the training elements are relevant to, and accessible to, a wide range of practitioners and grass-roots organisations.
Working with the Service Manager and Social Switch team to monitor training success, incorporating feedback as and when it occurs, and ensuring that the training remains dynamic and engaging. Supporting the youth facilitators to share lived experience throughout the training, making valuable contributions to the overall sessions.
Demonstrating effective forward planning, organising, and time management, to meet anticipated workloads and delivery targets and objectives. Working with the Service Manager to reach individual, team, and annual targets, based on youth provisions in London.
Remaining up to date with the latest developments in social media, and its relationship with youth violence, incorporating learning into the training.
Monitoring volume of sign-ups generated, and adjusting recruitment plans to maximise participation in the training programme.
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Qualifications
A relevant teaching/training qualification, or extensive practical experience of delivering training.
A thorough knowledge and understanding of all aspects of social media, and how young people interact with it.
Experience of delivering engaging and dynamic creative training programmes to a variety of audiences, on a variety of topics, monitoring success, incorporating feedback, and ensuring that training is relevant and accessible to participants.
Strong team worker, with the ability to provide support to other members of staff, and youth facilitators.
Additional information
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Hours of work: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract: 2 year fixed-term contract
Flexibility: Hybrid working (1-2 days in our London office, 3-4 days working from home)
*Some evening and weekend working may occasionally be required, and you must be able to travel to our head office, local venues, and all London boroughs, on a regular basis.
*This role requires a DBS enhanced check.
Early application to this role is encouraged - interviews are likely to take place week commencing 11th March 2024.
28 days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service
Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%
Discounted shopping opportunities
Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.
At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.
Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Children's Services Practitioner (Social Worker)
Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us, and it's the reason our Children's Services team push themselves to transform the lives of children and families – in person, in Hubs nationwide, and through the knowledge they share. Join us as Children's Services Practitioner (Level 3) and make a contribution that means everything. All applicants must hold a social work qualification to be considered for this position.
The successful candidates will be joining the London and South East Hub based in Camden, working with a team of passionate and experienced practitioners and managers in delivering and evaluating a range of exciting and innovative services to children and their families. The portfolio of services provides the opportunity to work in a variety of areas of interest which includes both child and adult-facing work through one-to-one or groupwork delivery.
The current service portfolio in the London and South East Hub includes:
- Domestic Abuse Recovering Together (DART)– a groupwork programme that helps mothers and children strengthen their relationship following domestic abuse.
- Letting the Future In (LTFI) – a therapeutic programme designed to help children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse rebuild their lives and recover from the impact of abuse. Parents and carers are critical to the child or young person's recovery, so we work with them to help them support their child throughout the therapeutic process. We also provide support to siblings.
- Pregnancy in Mind (PiM) this service is a preventative, evidence-based, groupwork, mental health service for parents-to-be who are at risk of or are experiencing mild to moderate anxiety and / or depression during the perinatal period. The programme is for any expectant parent.
This is an exciting time for the NSPCC, with staff at all levels engaging in a range of new projects and developments. As well as contributing in terms of direct work, there will be the opportunity to be involved in evaluation and work openly with our colleagues in media and income generation, as well as alongside Local Campaigns and Schools Service within the Hub.
The role will require holding a manageable caseload and we will provide access to a range of training and development opportunities. Practitioners are supervised and supported by a Team Manager with knowledge and experience of practice, who show a real commitment to enabling practitioners to achieve their full potential.
The ideal practitioners will be passionate about working with, and making a difference for, children and their families. They will be open to learning, committed to working as part of a team and co-working with colleagues internally and externally. The practitioners will have the ability to: plan and deliver appropriate programmes of work with individuals, families, and groups; be reflective in evaluating the effectiveness of their own practice; identify risk; have, and continue to ensure they have, up to date knowledge of legislation, research and best practice; and be able to produce an excellent standard of written work and assessments.
Join us and you will become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You will discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that will bring the best out in you, and you will get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.
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Our ambitious and creative team has been working hard over the last year to expand our work to help more people in need across Sussex and Surrey. FareShare is the UK’s biggest surplus food charity and today we find ourselves on the front line of the Cost of Living Crisis. As our work grows, so does our need for strong financial management.
We are looking for a talented, passionate person to join our Senior Leadership Team to oversee our finance operations. With more growth planned over the next 2 years we want to find someone who has the experience to oversee the day to day finances of a large regional charity and to lead and nurture our finance staff. This role will provide a stable platform for growth.
Using your can-do attitude, mixed with excellent communication, organisational and administration skills, you’ll focus on supporting our CEO and Trustees across our sites. The role includes tasks such as producing monthly management accounts, oversight of payroll, management of our internal financial controls, Year End reporting preparation and leading our small team in the general smooth running of finances. This is a part-time role with the potential to increase as we expand.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.